I can see him standing there in the sunlight. He is my creator.He is the one who helped bring me into this world. He is my first hero. He is my introduction to manhood and mentor, leader, teacher and Father.I can see him standing in the sunlight and looking out from the shoreline … | Continue reading
I said goodbye to organized religions a few years back. Then again, I never said goodbye to my beliefs nor have I forgotten the traditions I was raised with. I have not forgotten the customs of my background or my heritage either. In fact, I go through different holidays in my ow … | Continue reading
It is warm for this time of year. December, I mean. Perhaps this side of purgatory is expecting a mild winter. But who knows? The idols we cherish have all but sworn off their poisons and to this day, I still can’t understand the how’s or the why’s of life as it stands before me. … | Continue reading
Today is Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, 2023.I say this and I also understand this might be obvious to you or to someone else out there in the universe who might choose to read this entry. At the same time, I want to recognize the date. I want to recognize the time and the w … | Continue reading
Do you want to talk about happiness?Do you want to talk about finding happiness? Or is it better to say to find that thing, or that source, or that touch or feel? Is it better to say that there is a physical sense to happiness? And I mean one with a more intimate appeal –I […] | Continue reading
There are so many variables that we deal with in life. There are the daily things that happen. There’s work. There’s the people we interact with. Then there are the unexpected casualties and the unforeseen tragedies. There’s love or the lack thereof. There’s friends and then ther … | Continue reading
It is the time of year where all around us are dressed in holiday lights. It’s Christmas time. And while this is a time for hope and a time for giving, there are people who do not share the same sentiment of find the same enjoyment for this time of year.And I get it. . […] | Continue reading
It’s true. The world is a crazy place. Everyone is crazy. Then again, maybe this is a good thing, to be crazy, I mean.Maybe crazy is only a relative term. That could be true.I say crazy but when I do, I do not mean crazy in a derogatory sense or to demean or degrade us as certifi … | Continue reading
This one here . . .This one is from the heart.So, by now, we have talked about finding the little things, which make us happy.We’ve talked about the greatest finds in our life, such as unexpected money in our pockets and other things like that. We talked about the unexpected plea … | Continue reading
Ah, the Mother. There she is. The Great Almighty, Mother Earth, The Universe, The Powers that Be. Or, to whomever this may concern.These are the hands of fate which sew the world, like eyelets to a shoe and bring us together. All of this is done through a vehicle, which we call f … | Continue reading
And when it rains, it pours. Or so I hear. They say that the downpour should start soon, at least this is what the weatherman says. We are supposed to expect high winds and heavy rains, which is fine for today.No really, this is fine with me. My apartment is dim with the exceptio … | Continue reading
I was thinking about those little things again. Believe it or not; this is where happiness lives – in the little things.These are the things that let you know when people are paying attention. You know because it’s the details people notice when they care for you. And that’s me r … | Continue reading
The question I have perhaps isn’t so much as to ask how do we find happiness? Nor does the question become where do we look? However, and more valuable is the question that asks, how do we keep our pleasure center intact? How do we find rewards in unrewarding times?I think this i … | Continue reading
There is one thing that I know in my heart, which is very simple. It is equally crazy and yet, this is all part of life.The one thing I know is that at one point or another, we have to go crazy. I mean it. We have to go absolutely nuts. We have to lose […] | Continue reading
I think about this –There are more than 7 billion people in this world. I think about the craziest concept which is the fact that for whatever the reasons may be or in whichever way our paths have gone, somehow, here we are, connected by the directions of fate or destiny.I think … | Continue reading
Forget the world for a moment. Forget the bills we have to pay. Forget the taxes and the insurance, the rent, or the mortgage that’s due at the beginning of ever month. Forget the pile of things that weigh on your shoulders. Forget about the bouts and the fights and the arguments … | Continue reading
I think that since this journal is designed to discover happiness, then it is only important to go back to the very basic steps to either define or discover what the word happiness means.To be happy or to be content, or satisfied. Or more, to have a presence of something that eit … | Continue reading
Music . . .Safe to say that I have my own soundtrack that fits my life. Safe to say that yes, there are songs and various types of music which depicts or defines my best version of happiness. And sure, not all tastes are the same. Not all music is the same and yes, I […] | Continue reading
There is something I missed in my life. Or, maybe this is something that I skipped or never touched or felt. And there is a phase that people live through or a period of time that everyone goes through; yet, this is a period of my life that seems blank, like a page that went […] | Continue reading
And I find myself climbing and looking to reach the top. I am moving and striving to find that place where I can say, yes. I made it!I am working to find that spot or that pinnacle, that insurmountable or unsurpassable or grand plateau where all is green or summery, or perfect an … | Continue reading
I suppose it makes sense to talk about this now. I suppose if we are looking to find happiness or if we are looking to improve our smiles and find the simple things that boost our spirits, it pays to be aware of the items that steal our smiles or swipe our happiness.There are the … | Continue reading
I want to let go . . .I want to shed that excess skin. Better yet, I want to get down to that thing we call our true self. Know what I mean?I want to rid myself of the layers that have formed over the years and as I remove each mask and let go […] | Continue reading
I remember a scene in a movie where a homeless man told strangers, “Welcome to Hollywood. What’s your dream?”I say that’s a fair question. What’s your dream?What does it look like? Who’s in it?And of course, what do you want to do with this?Do you want to see this come true?Or, d … | Continue reading
So, the question becomes, where do we go from here?I like this question, although I admit this question comes with different angles. And, admittedly, the idea of “where do we go from here,” can often be big or so huge that the we find ourselves intimidated or so worried that the … | Continue reading
It took me a while to find my sanity, which is not to say that i am sane, by any means. But yes.I am a work in progress.I am about to discuss a small part of my life. However, this is my past. This is my beast as well as a previous burden. This is […] | Continue reading
It is more to me than something simple and obvious. People, I mean.I’m talking about the easy and the obvious findings. I’m talking about the things we fail to notice and yet, we see them every day. People. Although not all are the same and not all people belong in the same categ … | Continue reading
It is safe to say that whatever is beyond me is beyond me. And we know this.However, at the same time, I see people walk into unnecessary battles with eyebrows folded downward with a seething rage, teeth grinding, lip snarled, and their neck bent forward and fists clinched. I hav … | Continue reading
Nostalgia –Now there’s a great find. This is the thing inside of us which stirs when something comes along and hits the memory button.Nostalgia, like, as in ah – that thing which took place all those years ago.Remember?Back when we were young . . . I love this sort of thing –Or w … | Continue reading
What does it mean anyway?Life?What does it mean to live to the fullest. I ask because in fairness, and as an honest spectator, I often see people live with reservations and doubt. This is amazing to me but still, it’s true. We have wants and dreams and desires, yet, there are so … | Continue reading
Something I think about is the way we argue. And I wonder why, as in, what for?I think about the way we fight or the way we bitch about nonsense or unimportant things that somehow take priority in our lives. We bitch and we moan. We complain. We fight and we go back and forth […] | Continue reading
I have been looking for an answer to my prayers. Then again, I suppose we all are.Even those who never pray – they have something that they want to.I’ve been hoping and searching to find “that thing,” that has no name and yet, this is the thing that means everything to us. This h … | Continue reading
What was it that made you happiest when you were a kid?I ask this because there are times when I struggle to remember. There are times when I almost forget that there was a time, and albeit long ago, or not so long ago; there was a time when I was able to laugh or […] | Continue reading
There are times when the hour is late and all is dark. My mind escapes me, which means my thoughts are moving too fast and in a thousand different directions. And I know what this is. I know what they call this. They call this insomnia. But me, I call this another night in bed, [ … | Continue reading
There’s got to be something more than this life than what we see. And I mean more than the status symbols that we were taught to envy or admire and more than money or who has the most toys. There has to be something more than who we are in the ranks of popularity or […] | Continue reading
And you run sometimes. You know?You try find someplace safe or, if anything, you try to find someplace away from everything that’s been going on behind you..But it trails – you know?Life seems to follow you . . ., andYou run and you run but eventually, the question becomes, “wher … | Continue reading
There was an idea that I heard the other night.The idea is to smile in the face of adversity. Imagine that. To smile at the face of an otherwise enemy – to breathe regardless of the things that would otherwise leave you breathless. I say this is an amazing quality to have. I say … | Continue reading
My morning drive is early. Then again all morning drives are early. At least mine are. I am up long before the sun, which is fine because it has been this way for a very long time. I am an early riser. I always have been and I always will be, which again, this is […] | Continue reading
It is to the best of my understanding that there has never been anyone in the world who can say or claim that they have either monopolized or cornered the market on happiness. With that being said, I do believe that happiness is a craft. It takes work. In fairness to ourselves an … | Continue reading
I can’t help or hide the fact that yes, I’m crazy. There’s no question about this. However, instead of complaining, shhh –Be quiet –I’m trying to learn how to enjoy this! I would assume it is safe to say that happiness is as simple as waking up in the morning with nothing to do. … | Continue reading
Life changes. This happens all the time. And I think back to the things that used to be important to me. I think about the fads and the different fashions. And sometimes, I look back or I’ll see a photograph of either the fads or the fashions from back in the day. I’ll either sha … | Continue reading
I saw an old photograph the other day. I found it –It is the simple laws of attraction. And what am I attracted to? Or, would we say why?How did my life take on this kind of shape?It’s a question I wondered after seeing this photograph,And here it is, November . . .Families are a … | Continue reading
I have seen people offer themselves to either an unfair gamble or the trade for a lesser value. I have watched as people either flushed their lives away or suffered through a tried forfeit because they either never believed in themselves or they never believed that their dreams c … | Continue reading
This note is a means to find that thing we have always been looking for and yet – it was always where it was supposed to be, which is right here. Right in front of us. Right before our very eyes, and yet – we’ve looked everywhere just to find this one, simple thing. I […] | Continue reading
And you have to laugh. At least, this is what I hear people tell me.You have to laugh because otherwise, what’s the alternative?Misery? What else is there? Resentment? In other words, perhaps there’s a choice to make here – happiness, or misery?Which one do you choose? We all kno … | Continue reading
I am a working man. I have been on both sides of the collar. To make this a bit more clear, I have worked both white and blue collar jobs. I have dressed in suits and uniforms. I have traveled for work. I have been contracted. I have been on both the fair and unfair […] | Continue reading
I think that before we move forward, it pays for us to look back and see where happiness began. Where does this come from? Does this begin with our youth?Think about it.Did happiness begin when we learned songs in nursery school?Remember? We sang about the wheels on the bus and h … | Continue reading
And so –Today is a new day. The sun might not be shining right now. But that doesn’t mean the sun isn’t there.Right?Of course, it’s there. We know it is.And, of course, today is a new day. Of course . . .But life? Hey. life is happening. Always. There are ups and downs. There are … | Continue reading
There comes a time when we turn a corner. Life evolves as it always does.There comes a time when we look back and realize where we’ve been and where we’ve come from. And then we look at where we are, as oppose to where we were – and then suddenly, we’re not so bad.We have […] | Continue reading